Most crankbaits work best on very thin line; they go deeper and the fish are less likely to see the line, so they're more readily fooled. However, the lighter the line, the more likely it is to break ...

If you fish with open-hooked baits in water any deeper than the length of your fishing rod, it's a crap shoot whether or not you'll be able to free a snagged lure from an obstruction. There are a ...

Warming temperatures are sending Smith Mountain Lake's fish into deeper water, where they'll often hunker down near cover such as standing timber and brush piles. Those fish are still catchable, but ...

There was a bit of magic inside the cardboard box hidden away in the corner of an unused room. The box, about a foot square, barely peeked out from behind the sleeping bags, waders and life jackets ...

I knew what it was the second I saw it — a spark plug with a snap swivel on it — but I knew some wouldn’t, so I snapped a quick photo to share: a home-made lure retriever. My buddy Jim Horn, who had a ...